Elon Musk is under federal investigation, Twitter says in court filing

Washington DC, 14/10: Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44 billion takeover deal for Twitter Inc, the social media company said in a court filing released on Thursday.

 

 

While the filing said he was under investigations, it did not say what the exact focus of the probes were and which federal authorities are conducting them.

 

Twitter, which sued Musk in July to force him to close the deal, said attorneys for the Tesla Inc CEO had claimed “investigative privilege” when refusing to hand over documents it had sought